Archive
A body of writing, research and conversations exploring technology, talent, business and human capability.
2026
Where AI Meets the Real World
Chatham House · San Francisco · 2026
A conversation with founders, investors and policymakers about what happens when AI leaves the laboratory and enters companies, institutions, infrastructure and society.
Lost in Translation
Harper’s Bazaar · 2026
On language, Classics and why the humanities may become more, not less, valuable as machines become increasingly intelligent.
2025
UK to make a tech ‘moonshot’. Can we do it?
The Sunday Times · July 2025
On Britain’s AI ambitions and why talent, not simply capital, may prove its greatest competitive advantage.
Want to make it in Silicon Valley? Shed self-doubt, play to win
The Sunday Times · June 2025
On ambition, confidence and what Britain can learn from Silicon Valley about building at global scale.
Growth Capital Roundtable
11 Downing Street · London · 2025
Bringing founders, investors and policymakers together to explore how Britain can unlock growth capital for its most ambitious technology companies.
2024
AI Deployment: From Experimentation to Enterprise Value
Research & Roundtable · The Langham, London · with AlixPartners · 2024
Research into AI deployment and readiness across more than 50 global organisations, examining the leadership, talent and organisational capabilities required to turn experimentation into value.
AI mania is cooling as Silicon Valley plays the long game
The Sunday Times · February 2024
From AI hype to implementation: what global boards were learning about putting the technology to work.
2023
AI policymaking must include business leaders
Financial Times · October 2023
Why those responsible for deploying AI across businesses and workforces need a voice in shaping its governance.
ChatGPT has entered the classroom — and teachers are woefully unprepared
The Sunday Times · May 2023
Why the arrival of generative AI in education demands new human capability, not simply new rules.
Think social media is bad for young people? Just wait for AI
The Sunday Times · April 2023
An early examination of what increasingly intelligent, personalised technology could mean for children and human development.
AI can power productivity beyond our dreams
The Sunday Times · April 2023
On generative AI, productivity and the changing relationship between human and machine intelligence.
What we all need in a crisis is an entrepreneur
The Sunday Times · March 2023
On entrepreneurship, ingenuity and why periods of disruption favour people able to build and adapt quickly.
Don’t train in vain — get your workers on board
The Sunday Times · February 2023
Why technological transformation succeeds or fails through people, culture and capability.
Boom times are back in San Francisco’s tech mecca
The Sunday Times · February 2023
From San Francisco, on the new wave of technological ambition gathering around artificial intelligence.
=Sunak should put digital skills at the heart of his vision for Britain
The Sunday Times · January 2023
The case for treating technological capability as national economic infrastructure.
2022
The AI chatbots are here to stay
The Sunday Times · December 2022
On the arrival of conversational AI and a profound change in how humans interact with machines.
Britain must learn the language of tech to compete with Silicon Valley
The Sunday Times · September 2022
Why technological fluency, from boardrooms to government, is fundamental to national competitiveness.
Female entrepreneurs may cope better in harsh investing climate
Financial Times · July 2022
On entrepreneurship, capital and the qualities that matter when the funding environment changes.
2021
Technology and the Future of UK Foreign Policy
UK Parliament · 2021
Written evidence on technological capability as a source of economic and geopolitical power, and the importance of digitally literate leadership, skilled workforces and data.
Executive education contenders with a different angle
Financial Times · May 2021
On new models for building technological capability beyond traditional executive education.
2018
Technology Empires: This House Believes the Rise of Tech Empires Threatens Society
Oxford Union · February 2018
Closing the case against the motion, on technological power, progress and whether the extraordinary influence of technology companies is inherently a threat to society.
2016
The Digital Future
Cambridge Union · October 2016
On digital literacy, automation and the human capabilities needed to flourish in a world increasingly shaped by technology.
Everyone can think like a tech upstart
Financial Times · October 2016
Why curiosity, experimentation and technological fluency should not be the preserve of technologists.
2015
FT Masterclass: Coding with Kathryn Parsons
Financial Times · 2015
On technological literacy, access to digital skills and why leaders need to understand the language of technology.
2014
Teaching the World to Code in a Day
Chatham House · 2014
The argument for technology as a basic literacy, and why understanding how software works should not belong only to specialists.
2013
Risky Business: Managing Innovation for Growth
Chatham House · 2013
With Lord Heseltine, Will Hutton and Mariana Mazzucato, on entrepreneurship, innovation and the conditions required for economic growth.